The Manchurian Candidate

Starring: Sinatra, Frank and Harvey, Laurence

Product Description

Sinatra, a brain-washed, former POW from the Korean War, suspects that a fellow solder, hailed as a hero, is actually something else. Harvey is the "hero" who has been trained as an assassin, and a Queen of Hearts is the key to his personality.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 027616911131
• Release Date: January 1992
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Tcfhe/MGM
• Director: Frankenheimer, John
• Starring: Sinatra, Frank, Harvey, Laurence
• Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

“The turn of a friendly card” - Alan Parsons Project.

During the Korean War, a platoon was misled and abducted for nefarious purposes. This was well planned, as there was only one person in the platoon who would serve a further purpose: SSgt. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) was already in a position needed for the future. The rest of the platoon is used to support a story to help Raymond get the Congressional Medal of Honor. One other in the platoon Cap. /Maj. Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) finally realizes what happened and can thwart the plot. This is because he is with Army Intelligence. As with real-life luck would have it, he is assisted by a quirky woman who sees his potential and dumps her old beau for the new challenge. What is the plot and will it succeed? On the other hand, will Marco be able to foil it? Who is the mysterious American Control? Whom are we supposed to root for? Watch as the story unfolds, and remember they cannot hear you when you say, “Watch out!” ---------------------------------------------------------- I was shocked to see Angela Lansbury, "Murder She Wrote," not being quite as nice as I remember her. A real advantage was not recognizing Laurence Harvey from anywhere, and so this did not distract from his acting. I enjoyed watching this just as a movie and not trying to make any connections to underlying messages. But I was really surprised to find out who the American control was. And so much for the theory that you cannot be forced to do anything that is not within your nature. I was surprised by the last. Without the immediate threat of the Cold War, the movie still holds suspense for us. John Candy did a parody of this in the movie "Volunteers"